document.write( "Question 50336This question is from textbook ALGEBRA 1
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\n" ); document.write( "(7)(3x) + (3x)(2/3x) = (3x)(-1)
\n" ); document.write( "[Multiply each term by the lowest common denominator: LCD = 3x]
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\n" ); document.write( "21x+2=-3x [Combine like-terms and cancel wherever possible]
\n" ); document.write( "21x+2=-3x [Solve for x]
\n" ); document.write( "21x+3x+2=-3x+3x
\n" ); document.write( "24x+2=0
\n" ); document.write( "24x+2-2=0-2
\n" ); document.write( "24x=-2
\n" ); document.write( "24x/24=-2/24
\n" ); document.write( "x=-1/12
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\n" ); document.write( "Check by plugging (x=1/12) back into the original equation
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\n" ); document.write( "-1=-1 [checks out]\r
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